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Well.... 12YEARS A SLAVE won its so deserved best picture Oscar and having voted for it, I for one am delighted. It's an extraordinary story and as usual taken from the words of a man who was actually kidnapped into slavery, it has so much the ring of truth, that few fictional accounts can have. The real story is so often more moving and thrilling than a fabrication. Some people have said to me that they are ...

I am delighted to tell you that a New Chilling Tale, THE DAMNED THING is finished and has been accepted into the Sun Vally Film Festival as an Official entry! I am thrilled, it is a wonderful story, written by the great Civil War writer Ambrose Bierce. At the moment the first three films are available to purchase on a DVD, soon we will add THE DAMNED THING. THE DAMNED THING tells of a man, a ...

Not so much a recent project, more a new one for this site....I want to help you to find some of my friends, who are doing interesting work at the moment and, if I can, help promote their work. Here is Charlotte Durie, artist, whose work I like and whom, I have know for a few years now. Charlotte lives in a wonderful converted barn in the wilds of Wales. Charlotte has been painting and drawing for ...

As I watched the Golden Globes on Sunday, I mused about the two ceremonies I had attended, the first when I was nominated for THE LION IN WINTER and second time when friend, Anthony Hopkins was nominated for SILENCE OF THE LAMBS..... I went along as his pal, because Jenni, his wife was stuck in England. I didn't win and Tony did not win, which was very surprising, but never mind he went on to win the Oscar that ...

Jane in London...nice weather for December
6 hours watching the update board on my flight from Chicago to Boise and then the interesting news .....we have lost the pilot, he hasn't arrived to take the flight and it is now cancelled. Weariness and panic set in, but United Airlines hand out little pieces of paper with discount rates on hotels and line to call to re-book. I found my way to the Intercontinental, lovely room and proceeded to increase my ...

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The title to this blog relates to Michael Croft friend, founder of the National Youth Theatre and Shakespeare expert above all. So twisting the Macbeth quote to fit my name when whenever we met was […]